Android Question Widget service crashes on boot of 4.4.2

[tunderin]

Hi,

My widget crashes on boot of 4.4.2 but runs fine on earlier Android versions.

Are there permissions to be set in 4.4.2 to allow start on boot services?

Everything works correctly on 4.4.2 if I unload my widget from the home screen and then install it again from the app/widgets screen.

Any help would be much appreciated.

The on-boot error follows:

** Service (widget) Create **
** Service (widget) Start **

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=12; index=-1
    at java.util.ArrayList.remove(ArrayList.java:405)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.debug.Debug.PopSubsStack(Debug.java:155)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget._service_start(widget.java:332)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:174)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:158)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget.handleStart(widget.java:68)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget.onStartCommand(widget.java:53)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2860)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2200(ActivityThread.java:161)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1362)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5356)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service com.bcc.mobibcd.widget@42976ef8 with Intent { flg=0x10000000 cmp=com.bcc.mobibcd/.widget bnds=[104,423][320,639] (has extras) }: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=12; index=-1
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2877)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2200(ActivityThread.java:161)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1362)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:157)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5356)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1265)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1081)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=12; index=-1
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:200)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent(BA.java:158)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget.handleStart(widget.java:68)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget.onStartCommand(widget.java:53)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:2860)
    ... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=12; index=-1
    at java.util.ArrayList.remove(ArrayList.java:405)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.debug.Debug.PopSubsStack(Debug.java:155)
    at com.bcc.mobibcd.widget._service_start(widget.java:332)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515)
    at anywheresoftware.b4a.BA.raiseEvent2(BA.java:174)
    ... 14 more

 

[Erel]

You have installed a debug version of your app. It will only work when you start it from the IDE. Instead run it in Release mode.

 

[tunderin]

You have installed a debug version of your app. It will only work when you start it from the IDE. Instead run it in Release mode.

Thanks Erel - that resolved my issue.

The older Android versions that I worked with tolerated the IDE not being connected while in debug mode and I now find myself having to re-learn a lot of things with 4.4.2

Thanks again...